Math Contests: High School : School Years 1982-83 Through 1990-91 (Paperback)

by Steven R. Conrad (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 118 pages
• Publisher: Mathematics Leagues, Incorporated (March 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940805049
• ISBN-13: 978-0940805040
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,603,302 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fifty-Four Actual Math Contests with Detailed Solutions, October 31, 2008

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From back cover:

"This book is a collection of actual contests that were given to thousands of math students across North America from 1982 through 1991.

These contests are specifically designed to interest and challenge students in high school, and range in difficulty from easy problems (the first two in each contest) through moderate problems (the middle two) to the most challenging problems (the last two in each test).

Solutions and detailed explanations of how each problem can be solved are included. There is also a 'Difficulty Ratings' chart for each contest. Students can check their own results and compare themselves with other math students across North America.

From Preface:

"The current volume contains the 54 contests given from 1982-83 through 1990-91.

This book gives classes, clubs, teams, and individuals a diversified collections of high school math problems. All the contests were used in regional interscholastic competition throughout the United States and Canada. Each contest was taken by about 80,000 students. In the contest section, each page contains a complete contest that can be worked during a 30-minute period.

Every contest has questions from different areas of mathematics. The goal is the encourage interest in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems.

The book is divided into 4 sections for ease of use by both students and teachers. The first section of the book contains the contests. Each contest contains 6 questions that can be worked in a 30-minute period. The second section of the book contains detailed solutions to all the contests. Often, several solutions are given for a problem. The third section of the book consists of a listing of the answers to each contest question. The last section of the book consists of the difficulty rating percents for each question. These percents determine the relative difficulty of each question"